2019 polls: We’ll be fair in choosing presidential candidate – PDP
The
party also flayed President Muhammadu Buhari for withholding assent to
sequence of election bill as proposed by the National Assembly.
The
opposition party in a statement through its National Publicity
Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Tuesday said it was not afraid of the
general polls, claiming that Nigerians had already rejected the ruling
All Progressives Congress (APC).
"The
PDP assures to provide all the members of our great party a level
playing ground to choose a presidential candidate in a National
Convention that promises to be open, free, fair, credible and
transparent.
"We
know that with the support of Nigerians, any candidate that emerges on
our platform ahead of 2019 will clinically defeat President Buhari at
the polls and lead our nation back to the path of progress, national
cohesion and a vibrant economy.
"The
PDP is not surprised that President Muhammadu Buhari withheld his
assent to the legislation by the National Assembly, reordering the
sequence of general elections in the country, particularly given the
tendencies he has continued to display as a politician.
"The
PDP believes in democracy and subscribes to all its tenets including
the respect for the powers of the National Assembly to make laws and to
amend such laws as occasion demands.
"In
the light of this development, the PDP, and indeed all well-meaning
Nigerians, now eagerly await the final decision of the National Assembly
on this amendment.
"As
a party, we are not afraid of the 2019 general elections because we
know that Nigerians have already rejected President Buhari and his
dysfunctional All Progressives Congress (APC)," The party said.
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